Charlestown, Indiana (April 26, 2017) - As a showcase of diesel power to the extreme, the Rudy’s Season Opener at the Piedmont Dragway in Julian, North Carolina on April 28th and 28th will be headlined with with the ARP Super Stock Diesel Truck class, the premier class in diesel truck pulling.

Fifteen pullers have stepped up to compete in the class in 2017, with Carl Atley and the Lethal Weapon Ford defending his 2016 title. Josh Deeter and the Up In Smoke entry finished second to Atley and the Scheid Diesel Ram piloted by Kent Crowder finished third in the points race. While Atley won the title by a significant margin, nine different pullers captured wins in the 15 sessions contested, showing that it’s anybody’s class to win on any given night!

The ARP Super Stock Diesel Truck class is scheduled to have eighteen sessions of competition in 2017, beginning and ending the season at Rudy’s events this weekend, April 28th and 29th and at the Fall Jam on October 6th and 7th. Atley won both the 2015 and 2016 championships in the class with a “For Sale” sign on the truck, will he make it three in a row? Stay tuned to the action of this growing class as the title run unfolds!

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